Song: "How To Save A Life" by The Fray
I heard your voice calling, am I dreaming...
I remember the first time we met...
"Step one you say we need to talk"
What was it like when you met him the first time?
I could imagine what it was like
"He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you"
Were you ever civil to one another?
It's hard to imagine when you're always so bitter
"You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right"
The escape was always near
Always in reach, I know you felt like getting away from there
"As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame"
Why shouldn't you?
Did you fear for your life; or because of honor, you were blamed?
"And you begin to wonder why you came"
I know what it's like
The complication of where your duty lies and doing what's right
My father always taught us
To always do the right thing
"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend"
I tried with you, I really did
Thought we could be friends
"Somewhere along in the bitterness"
Your total bitterness
What caused it?
"And I would have stayed up with you all night"
Because I see you lying there
With all the good strangled with the very blood of your heart
"Had I known how to save a life"
I would have saved you from yourself
The 'one' he created
I hear you crying out for my help
I see him, in that twisted form of a demon
"Let him know that you know best"
I know they're not the same
But it reflects the truth, I know you know this
"Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense"
You need to escape your past
Turn your back on him
"Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong"
Believe me it's not that hard
Bushido guides your way
"The things you've told him all along"
Was the true warrior speaking from inside you
A voice that was crushed and twisted to serve his deeds..
"And pray to God, he hears you
And pray to God, he hears you"
Though, it is too late for him to hear
Now his sins and conjured ghosts haunts you
I see you lying there
That dream still lingers in my memory...
"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend"
Did I really?
Now I find us here helping you; a soul floating
"Somewhere along in the bitterness"
So helpless, though you may disagree
My heart inclines me to continue with this vigil
"And I would have stayed up with you all night"
To try save something so long gone
I would not have failed
"Had I known how to save a life"
This thing inside me calls me to
A voice in my head pulls at my very core
I hear your voice again
It whimpers at his 'seeming' presence
"As he begins to raise his voice"
We both know that you wish it was him
But this is something different, he seems different
"You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road"
It's not him, can't you see
Now you quiver in fear, time to follow new rules
"Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things"
Kill you in person or let 'that' other do it for him
Did you wish for the opportunity to ask?
"He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same"
Either one is true in a sense
Why were you chosen as the heir?
"And you begin to wonder why you came"
To carry on the torch of a burning flame
This legacy you thought so dear, it may be our end I fear
I was once invited by him, but refused when I found out the truth
A truth I tried to share with you, but no
"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend"
I don't know what all this means
Watching you lying there, your mind, it's...
"Somewhere along in the bitterness"
The bitterness of your life
The conflicts of your existence
"And I would have stayed up with you all night"
Because it is who I am
This code I'm guided by
"Had I known how to save a life"
We would have been friends
You would have found family...peace
It's this dream again
It keeps me wondering
"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend"
All of this could have been different
We were all so bent on revenge
"Somewhere along in the bitterness"
I could have changed things
Changed the course of our lives forever
"And I would have stayed up with you all night"
Like a new best friend
Warriors fighting side by side
"Had I known how to save a life"
...Save a soul
Based on this little glimmer of hope
And I watch as you lie there
Near death because of the choices you made
"How to save a life"
A soul that we now have to depend on
The key to our survival lies within you
"How to save a life"
I remember that dream...
The one with you crying out to me
"Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend"
My two senseis saw it as hope
We need to find you
"Somewhere along in the bitterness"
That endless sea of dark gloom
In the end I decided to try
"And I would have stayed up with you all night"
Just to pull you from it
It could have happened sooner
"Had I known how to save a life"
I would have saved you
That sliver of goodness and hope I saw in your eyes...
"Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life"
Your truly,
Leo
Sorry for taking so long to update...(project & exams kept me away)
This is for XDemon777
Guys thanks for R&R! So what is Leo referring to? :-D